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Join the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism for a free webinar to survey the dramatic changes to health equity programs under Trump, discuss potential outcomes for health systems, and identify reporting opportunities for relaying the human impacts of these abrupt shifts.

National headlines say it all: Canceled or paused federal funding. Vanishing research and data. Slowed support for vital services. The stripping of fundamental civil rights. The LGBTQ+ community is under attack in actions being taken by local governments, businesses, Congress, and the White House.

At stake are the daily lives of millions of individuals who live, work, and play in communities across the country, some with limited access to reliable local news media. So, how can journalists bridge the gap between policy and local impact in meaningful ways for their audiences?

Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute during Pride Month for a free, timely panel discussion on localizing Pride for communities nationwide. Experienced journalists will discuss the storytelling strategies needed to cultivate trusted community sources, navigate sensitive topics, and cover the experiences of LGBTQ+ Americans with depth and accuracy.

Speakers include: Bill Canacci, regional features editor for Asbury Park Press/Gannett NJ; Jacob Reyes, GLAAD news coordinator and Texas Latino Pride vice president; Kathryn Varn, Tampa Bay reporter at Axios; and Kevin Naff, co-owner and editor of the Washington Blade.

While ChatGPT has captured much of the spotlight, it’s only one piece of a rapidly evolving AI ecosystem. In this session, we’ll explore practical, forward-thinking ways media organizations and businesses can integrate AI into their workflows — from content tagging and personalization to image generation, data analysis, automation, and more. We’ll share real-world use cases, tools to consider, and how to think strategically about AI adoption that goes deeper than chat.

Presenter: David Arkin and Tara Jones, David Arkin Consulting

Click here to register for this free webinar.

Join Trusting News for a free, one-hour interactive training on how to get on the record about the goals and values that guide your coverage of democracy, civic life, and public institutions.

Whether you’re reporting on local government, civic engagement, or community solutions, a public-facing mission statement can help explain your newsroom’s values and build trust with your audience. You’ll also learn how to create a user-friendly FAQ page that answers common questions and reinforces your editorial transparency.

This session kicks off the Advancing Democracy webinar series, hosted in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network, Hearken, Trusting News and Good Conflict. The series explores core practices that strengthen trust in journalism, including transparency, meaningful audience engagement, solutions reporting, and constructive approaches to conflict.

Go to Advancing-Democracy.org to see our full menu of resources and support and to sign up for updates.

Months of reporting. Mountains of notes. Drives of databases. Now what?

Shaping a months-long investigation or long-form narrative centered on public health can be tough, especially with a trove of important material.

Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute to learn how to find focus and harness your narrative. We’ll share tips for organization, editing yourself, and finding clarity.

This program is part of the Institute’s inaugural Public Health Reporting Fellowship, funded by the Common Health Coalition. It’s being opened to the public at no cost.

Join Sarah Armour-Jones, project lead, of “Writing the story of civic science media: An exploration of media, science and community engagement” for a conversation about a new report highlighting case studies in civic science media. Sarah will discuss how funders, civic science practitioners, institutions, and media makers can work together to use storytelling to amplify science’s reach and impact.

Sarah will be followed by Catherine Devine, who will talk more about the Center for Cooperative Media’s 2025 civic science media collaborations program. The program will fund $15K for up to 10 projects that focus on increasing public participation in science, expanding public deliberation about emerging science and creating opportunities for science to be informed by diverse communities.

Join the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY for a showcase of bold ideas and breakthrough strategies from the Executive Program in News Innovation and Leadership at the Newmark J-School.

​After a year of learning and experimentation, our 2024–2025 cohort presents forward-looking projects designed to tackle the most pressing challenges in journalism today: from audience engagement and AI adoption to sustainability, organizational change, and newsroom culture.

​These leaders are rewriting the rules, testing new approaches, and charting a path forward for journalism around the world. Come hear from our newsroom executives, editors, founders, and changemakers as they share their insights, strategies, and lessons learned!

Featuring presentations from:

• ​Aldana Vales, Director of Audience Experiences at Gannett – USA TODAY Network
• ​Alexandra Smith, Chief Strategy Officer at The 19th
• ​Andrea McDaniels, Managing Editor at The Baltimore Banner
• ​Antti Karvanen, Head of Digital at A-lehdet Oy
• ​Bernice Marie Sibucao, Senior Manager and Deputy Head of Digital Strategy and Innovation at the GMA Network
• ​Danson Cheong, Assistant News Editor at The Straits Times
• ​Franco Piccato, Executive Director at Chequeado
• ​Gary Lavariere, Chief Revenue Officer at The Berkshire Eagle
• ​J. Gabriel Boylan, Audience and Content Strategist
• ​Ken Schneck, Founding Editor at The Buckeye Flame
• ​Mariah Craddick, Executive Director of Product at The Atlantic
• ​Paris Brown, Publisher at The Baltimore Times
• ​Paulo Celso Da Cunha Pereira, Executive Editor at O GLOBO
• ​Ross Maghielse, Deputy Managing Editor, Innovation & Development at The Philadelphia Inquirer
• ​Simone Salden, Deputy Editor in Chief at manager magazin
• ​Sophie Nicholson, Deputy Chief Editor, Digital Investigation at AFP
• ​Tara Francis Chan, Director of Operations at The Trace
• ​Thomas Aagaard, Managing Editor at Zetland

Every day the free press in America faces new attacks. To safeguard this cherished liberty, ClassACT HR73’s Justice and Civic Engagement Committee has launched a Freedom of the Press initiative to confront the current challenges to publishing the truth. The constitutional freedom that permits citizens to scrutinize governments and to hold elected officials accountable, and that allows journalists to report local, national and international news, is under threat. The time has come to protest these incursions and to protect the First Amendment and our constitutional democracy

Join us for ClassACT HR73’s online forum “Press Freedom under Attack: Preserving our Democracy.” Our moderator will be Sylvester Monroe ’73, Senior Fellow at the University of Southern California Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy. Among our panelists will be Geoffrey Cowan, University Professor of Communication at USC and a distinguished First Amendment attorney; Susan Goldberg, the president and CEO of GBH, the largest producer of PBS content and a major provider of NPR programming; and Kevin Merida, the former executive editor of the Los Angeles Times and the former managing editor of the Washington Post.

Sylvester Monroe, who reported and edited for Newsweek, Time and the Washington Post, and the three panelists will examine the unprecedented nature of current attacks on the media. The group will trace how United States arrived at a point where the government attempts to censor the language of respected outlets like the Associated Press and the Department of Justice investigates NBC for its “diversity, equity and inclusion” policies. In addition, National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service now face efforts to cut off federal funding. The panel will examine whether these actions and other threats represent a fundamental shift in the relationship between journalism and politics, one that signals a movement toward authoritarianism.